Kent Looney
All-County 4 Years, All-Region 3 Years and All-American 2 Years
Wildcats with Looney as a four-year starter won 131 and lost 11
1973
Kent averaged 19 points as a freshman
1974
Looney’s average increased to 24 points as a sophomore
1975
Looney averaged 32 points a game, Guntersville rolled to a 29-2 record,state champions - MVP
1976
Looney averaged 35 points a game, Guntersville went 27-1 in the regular season state runner-up - MVP. Kent was listed as one of the Top Five players in America and MVP of the Super Five in Alabama Career stat of 8 rebounds per game
His high school coach Jim Rhoades said, “He was only 5-9 but could dunk it anyway. On defense, I’ve seen him pin the ball against the square and the officials wouldn’t call it because they couldn’t believe a kid that small could get up that high.”
College career ended with UAH in the National Championship NAIA game in Kansas City before losing 86-85 in overtime to Bethany Nazarene
Former coaches of Kent at Bama and Mississippi State comment: C.M. Newton, University of Kentucky athletics director, in a letter to Kent in 1994, “I’m delighted that things are going well with you...If you are ever in our area, hope you will stop and visit with me.”
The Birmingham banker Jimmy Taylor, a former assistant at Mississippi State, “I thought he was a terrific talent. I thought he provided good leadership. We had an excellent coach-player relationship.”